Johnny Mathis Sings

Johnny Mathis Sings
Studio album by Johnny Mathis
Released	March 10, 1967[1]
Recorded	November 4, 1963 August 27, 1965 June 23, 1966 September 15, 1966 October 28, 1966 October 31, 1966[1]
Genre	Vocal pop/rock[2]
Length	38:30
Label	Mercury
Producer	Johnny Mathis[1]
Johnny Mathis chronology
So Nice (1966) Johnny Mathis Sings (1967) Up, Up And Away (1967)

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Johnny Mathis Sings is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released by Mercury Records on March 10, 1967,^[1] and was the last of his 11 studio projects for the label. Eight of the twelve tracks were recorded after the completion of his previous LP, So Nice, while four of the tracks were leftovers from the recording sessions for previous Mercury albums.^[1] The finished product included a number from Broadway's The Roar of the Greasepaint—the Smell of the Crowd, a cover of the Beatles hit "Eleanor Rigby", two offerings from songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David, and three cuts that originated in film scores but had lyrics added later: the melody for "Strangers in the Night" was written for A Man Could Get Killed; "Somewhere My Love" began as "Lara's Theme" from Doctor Zhivago; and "Lovers in New York" started out as the instrumental title track from Breakfast at Tiffany's.^[A]

This final Mercury LP made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated April 1 of that year and reached number 103 during its 11 weeks there.^[3]

Johnny Mathis Sings was released for the first time on compact disc on December 4, 2012, as one of two albums on one CD, the second of the two being So Nice.^[4] Both were also included in Sony's Mathis box set The Complete Global Albums Collection, which was released on November 17, 2014.^[5]